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Institutions
Bank Watch: scheduled banks tracked on stability metrics.
Government Watch: the executive, tracked over time.
University Watch: the higher-education system, tracked.
NGO Watch: civil society and development NGOs, tracked.
Development Partner Watch: the donors, tracked.
Industry Association Watch: the apex chambers, tracked.
Early warning
The Crisis Orb: a live, level-anchored hazard board.
The LDC 2029 graduation monitor.
The national early-warning board across hazards.
Early warning for the haor flood basin.
The multi-hazard exposure atlas, by district.
Where hazards compound across the same places.
A priority index ranking places by combined risk.
Cropland exposed to flood, heat, and salinity.
The bank distress watch: stress signals across banks.
The disaster ledger: events and losses over time.
Parliament Watch
BNP · Manikganj-3
Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism, focused on modernizing the aviation sector and implementing regional infrastructure projects.
Inaugurated a free medical camp and blood donation program in Manikganj.
Addressed the District Law and Order Committee in Manikganj regarding national interests and drug abuse.
Received a courtesy call from the Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh, Reto Renggli.
Inaugurated the Harmony Festival at Fulchhara Tea Garden to promote cultural tourism.
Met with the Secretary General of the Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry to discuss investment.
UPAZILA CORRECTION: The task brief specified Manikganj Sadar + Singair, but Singair is in Manikganj-2 (constituency 169, which covers Harirampur, Singair, and three unions of Manikganj Sadar). Constituency 170 (Manikganj-3) covers Saturia and Manikganj Sadar (excluding Bhararia, Hati Para, and Putail unions which fall in constituency 169). Cross-confirmed via Wikipedia Manikganj-3, Wikipedia Manikganj-2, and viewsbangladesh.com. CONSTITUENCY NUMBER: EC number 170 confirmed across all sources. VOTE COUNT: Winner 167,345 votes and runner-up (Muhammad Said Noor, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis) 64,242 votes reported by Prothom Alo and Bonik Barta; margin of 103,103 is internally consistent (167,345 - 64,242 = 103,103). Wikipedia stub on Afroza gives different figures (166,175 / 62,916) but is an acknowledged stub with no citations for those numbers -- preferred the multi-source Prothom Alo + Bonik Barta figure. Total valid votes and vote shares not confirmed from EC affidavit; left null. Total registered voters: 400,059 (viewsbangladesh.com pre-election); turnout approximately 65% (BSS). EC-ONLY FIELDS: wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases left null/empty -- EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification. PRIOR TERMS: Afroza Khanam contested Manikganj-2 in the 2008 general election (9th parliament) under BNP but did not win; 2026 is her first elected term. term_count = 1. FAMILY NOTE: Daughter of late Harunur Rashid Khan Monno, four-time MP from Manikganj and former minister. Mahmudur Rahman (journalist, editor of Amar Desh) is her brother-in-law. She is one of only 7 women elected to the 13th parliament and the first female MP from this constituency.